SWIMM: Saving Whales with Innovative Monitoring and Mitigation

SWIMM：通过创新的监测和缓解措施拯救鲸鱼

• 批准号: 531102-2018
• 负责人: Taggart, Christopher
• 金额: $ 3.64万
• 依托单位: Dalhousie University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Whale Science for Tomorrow
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=690164
• 关键词: SWIMM; Saving; Whales; Innovative; Monitoring

The 2017 North Atlantic right whale (NARW) mortality crisis required immediate, broad-sweeping actions tomitigate lethal risk from vessel strikes and fishing gear entanglement. The actions appear successful atconsiderable cost to government, industry and local economies. Monitoring, policy and management needs tobe more adaptable to new knowledge on NARW presence and distribution in Canada to prevent extinction andprotect Canadian market access. We propose research that advances state-of-the-art NARW assessment andmonitoring technology to quantify risks and develop adaptive, sustainable solutions to protect the whales in achanging ocean. We will pursue four research themes. The 1st focuses low-cost, real-time passive acousticmonitoring (PAM) of the whales using autonomous underwater gliders. The 2nd will identify environmentaland anthropogenic causes and consequences of habitat variability. The 3rd will better quantify whale health andenvironmental contaminants. The 4th assess vessel strike and fishing gear risk and mitigation options,including the development and dissemination of near real-time risk estimates to inform dynamic and targetedrisk mitigation. This vigorous multidisciplinary program is made possible through collaborations with 20+organizations from all sectors in Canada and internationally. The program is retrospective in assessing theefficacy of previous and existing risk-mitigation strategies, timely in ensuring decision-makers have the bestinformation regarding current regulations, and forward-looking by proposing dynamic, data-driven solutionsthat are mindful of economic and conservation goals. The technologies and expertise developed through ourresearch will help solidify Canada's role as a global leader in whale research and ocean technology, whiletraining the next generation of young scientists. Referees should recognize that in addition to D Barclay(co-PI), the majority of the proposal was written by a bright future generation: Dr K Davies, Dr J van derHoop, H Johnson, M Carr and D Durette-Morin.

2017年北大西洋右鲸（NARW）死亡率危机需要立即采取广泛的行动，以使船只罢工和渔具纠缠中的致命风险误解。这些行动似乎成功地支付了政府，工业和地方经济的成本。监视，政策和管理需要更适合对加拿大NARW的存在和分销的新知识，以防止灭绝和保护加拿大市场。我们提出的研究提高了最先进的NARW评估和监控技术，以量化风险并开发自适应，可持续的解决方案，以保护海洋中的鲸鱼。我们将追求四个研究主题。第一个使用自主的水下滑翔机聚焦了鲸鱼的低成本，实时无源声音监测（PAM）。第二个将确定栖息地变异性的环境和人为原因和后果。第三次将更好地量化鲸鱼健康和环境污染物。第四次评估船舶罢工和渔具风险和缓解措施，包括开发和传播近实时风险估算，以告知动态和靶向带缓解。通过与来自加拿大和国际各个部门的20多个组织的合作，这项有力的多学科计划成为可能。该计划在评估以前和现有的降低风险降低策略的效率方面是回顾性的，及时确保决策者对当前法规具有最佳信息，并通过提出动态的，数据驱动的解决方案来确保前瞻性，这是对经济和保护目标的注意。通过我们的研究开发的技术和专业知识将有助于巩固加拿大在鲸鱼研究和海洋技术领域的全球领导者的角色，同时为下一代年轻科学家提供了验证。裁判应该认识到，除了D Barclay（Co-Pi）外，该提案的大部分是由光明的未来一代写的：K Davies博士，J Van Derhoop博士，H Johnson博士，H Johnson，M Carr和D Durette-Morin。